Caryophyllaceae Honckenya peploides ssp. major (Hook.) Hult‚n

Seaside Sandplant

Eskimo, Alaska - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 35

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Scientific name: Honckenya peploides ssp. major (Hook.) Hult‚n
USDA symbol: HOPEM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Seaside Sandplant
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Family (APG): Caryophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Eskimo, Alaska
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaves and stems boiled and eaten with seal oil.

RECRD: 32785 id: 17392

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